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Quick test for malaria shows promise

posted August 31, 2014 at 12:24 pm

A health worker performs a blood test on children at a malaria clinic in Thailand's Kanchanaburi province. | AFP/Getty Images

Magnetic detection method is more portable and less error-prone than conventional tests. << more >>

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Quick test for malaria shows promise (Nature)

A new way to diagnose malaria (MIT News)

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